Life, 1919-10-23 · page 15 of 36
Life — October 23, 1919 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Life magazine documents a serialized story's publication history from 1914-1923. The top illustration shows four well-dressed women in an early 20th-century social setting, captioned "Who's Their Excuse?" The lower cartoon, titled "The Agitator: Don't Pay Any Attention to Her," depicts two men at a table ignoring a woman at a doorway. This appears to satirize labor activism—specifically, the caption suggests dismissing female labor organizers or strikers as unworthy of attention. The accompanying text notes that "going out on a strike ceased to pay when so many got into the business," mocking the proliferation of strikes during this era. The satire targets both labor movements and women's activism simultaneously, suggesting both were becoming troublesome nuisances to be ignored by respectable society.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
, 1914—Rewrites, giving in- war slant. May 9, 1915—Rewrites; hero rescues heroine from torpedoed liner. Apr. 17—Rewrites; hero enlists; vi . German spy. , 1918—Rewrites; dénouement, allied entrance into Berlin; hero- ine. Red Cross nurse. Nov. 13, 1918 — Rewrites; climax, homeceming from over: Aug. 15, 1919—War fiction going goes back to original story. retaining only German villain Jan. 1, 3 3 takes out German villain. Apr. 1, 1934—Author in old people's home; sells original story to Cozy Hearth; editor f ing romance of OING out on a strike ceased to pay when so many got into the business. WHAT'S THEIR FXCUSE? The Agitator DON’T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO HER, comicbooks.com